More painful times ahead for Farhan!
April 13th, 2012 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) Essaying the role of an athlete is not easy. After undertaking a rigorous regime to get into the character of Milkha Singh, Farhan Akhtar will ... Read more...
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BJP-led MCD developed culture of earning money: Maken
April 11th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) had spent only Rs.125 crore of the Rs.10,533 crore sanctioned for various ... Read more...
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Less than 12 percent of Shimla’s sewage treated: CAG
April 10th, 2012 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 10 (IANS) Less than 12 percent of the total sewage generated in Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla is treated, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has said.Home ... Read more...
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Former governor Govind Narain passes away
April 4th, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Govind Narain, one of the last surviving Indian Civil Service (ICS) officers, who was the home secretary during the 1971 Bangladesh war, passed away Tuesday ... Read more...
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Dalits angry with derogatory Ambedkar cartoon: Athawale (With Image)
April 3rd, 2012 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) Dalits across Maharashtra will launch an agitation to protest the "derogatory" depiction of B.R. Ambedkar in a textbook, Republican Party of India leader Ramdas Athawale ... Read more...
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Connecting global youth to support change
April 2nd, 2012 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Two of the largest networks from emerging nations with socialist tilts - the Youth Time and the World Public Forum - have forged a ... Read more...
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Coalition hiccups come to the fore in parliament
April 1st, 2012 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The compulsions of coalition politics were more than evident in the first half of parliament's budget session and analysts feel the going will be ... Read more...
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I-League: Pune rout Chirag Kerala
April 1st, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, April 1 (IANS) Pune FC made their intentions for the season clear as they thrashed Chirag United Kerala 3-0 in round 22 of the I-League at the Jawaharlal Nehru ... Read more...
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Sporting Clube beat Lajong 1-0
March 31st, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, March 31 (IANS) Riding on a solitary strike from Adil Khan Sporting Clube de Goa earned full points as they beat host Shillong Lajong FC by a solitary goal ... Read more...
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Chirag Kerala host Pune FC
March 31st, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, March 31 (IANS) Chirag United Kerala will host Pune FC in a 22nd round I-League encounter at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, Sunday. The Pune outfit beat Chirag 3-1 ... Read more...
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India to help Vietnamese teachers in English training
March 29th, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Vietnam will be sending teachers to India for English training, besides sourcing English teachers from India, according to the ministry of human resource development. The ... Read more...
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Manmohan, Medvedev pledge to scale up civil nuclear ties
March 29th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday held talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on a host of bilateral issues that included scaling up civil nuclear ... Read more...
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Excited, but nervous about ‘Jism 2′: Imran Zahid (Lead)(With Images)
March 29th, 2012 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Imran Zahid, who was in news for bagging the lead role in Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt's now-delayed "Chandu", says his dream is finally coming true ... Read more...
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Excited, but nervous about ‘Jism 2′: Imran Zahid (With images)
March 29th, 2012 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Imran Zahid, who was to play the title role in Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt's "Chandu", says his dream is finally coming true as he is ... Read more...
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JNU’s Tibetan students pay homage to ‘martyr’
March 29th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Tibetan students in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here Wednesday sat on a candlelight vigil in the campus to pay homage to Jamphel Yeshi, the ... Read more...
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India a serious partner, BRICS a global entity: Medvedev
March 29th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) A day before his talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other BRICS leaders, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday described India as a "serious ... Read more...
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Mumbai, Amsterdam to cooperate for business opportunities
March 27th, 2012 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) Mumbai and Amsterdam Tuesday forged a strategic alliance to create more business opportunities, especially between the ports of the two cities.The alliance was forged at a ... Read more...
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Muslims protest ‘framing’ in terrorist cases
March 26th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Hundreds of Muslims participated in a day-long sit-down at Parliament Street here to protest "the fabricated implication" of the community members in terror cases -- ... Read more...
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Chidambaram inaugurates 60th Police Games
March 26th, 2012 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The 60th All India Police Games (AIPG) began at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium Monday with union Home Minister P. Chidambaram inaugurating the five-day ... Read more...
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CISF to host 60th All India Police Games
March 24th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will host the five-day 60th All India Police Games (AIPG) here in the capital.The championship, organised under the ... Read more...
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I-League: Lajong take on Chirag
March 23rd, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, March 23 (IANS) Chirag United Kerala resume their relegation struggle in the I-League 2011-12 as they take on Shillong Lajong FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium here Saturday ... Read more...
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Team Anna gears up for Sunday protest at Jantar Mantar
March 23rd, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Street plays, pamphlets to drum up support and a series of meetings to form teams of volunteers and take care of logistics -- Team ... Read more...
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Three get life term for former JNU student leader’s murder
March 23rd, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 23 (IANS) A special court here Friday sentenced three people to life imprisonment for the murder of Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) leader and former Jawaharlal Nehru University ... Read more...
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‘Oxford, India collaborating on particle, cancer research’
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Oxford University has broadened the purview of its relationship with India over the years, moving beyond education and publishing to collaborate on important scientific ... Read more...
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Sundance film connects to India with message to adopt girl child
March 19th, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Hollywood producer and documentary filmmaker Linda Goldstein Knowlton is reaching out to the Indian youth and parents with her documentary, "Somewhere Between" with the message ... Read more...
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Are house sparrows being driven away? (March 20 is World Sparrow Day)
March 19th, 2012 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Sparrows are seen as a mascot for ecological conservation but birdwatchers are worried that adverse environmental factors such as shrinking habitat may be driving them ... Read more...
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Sonam to play JNU girl opposite Dhanush in new film
March 17th, 2012 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) Actress Sonam Kapoor has landed the role of a Varanasi girl, who studies in the capital's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), in "Raanjhanaa". She is cast opposite ... Read more...
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Urban development ministry gets 12 percent hike
March 16th, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The allocation for the urban development ministry has been increased by over 12 percent from Rs.6,855.23 crore in 2011-2012 to Rs.7,729.38 crore in 2012-13, ... Read more...
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Blast kills eight-year-old in Manipur
March 15th, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, March 15 (IANS) An eight-year-old girl was killed and five women from her family injured when a powerful bomb exploded in a residential locality in Manipur's Imphal East district ... Read more...
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Mumbai elevated rail corridor may become a reality
March 14th, 2012 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) Barring the nominal fare hike, Mumbai's suburban commuters have many things to cheer about in the rail budget for 2012-13 presented in parliament Wednesday by Railway ... Read more...
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548 projects sanctioned under urban renewal mission
March 13th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The government has sanctioned 548 projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath informed the Lok Sabha Tuesday."While ... Read more...
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‘Knowledge gap widens gulf between South Asian nations’
March 10th, 2012 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) People in the South Asian region have little knowledge about each other that widens the gulf between them, experts at a regional conference said Saturday.
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Official summoned over delay in project
March 7th, 2012 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 7 (IANS) Taking note of tardy progress in a Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) project here, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Wednesday summoned the state Public ... Read more...
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Polarisation between regional parties reason for UP loss: BJP
March 6th, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) BJP president Nitin Gadkari Tuesday blamed polarisation between regional parties in Uttar Pradesh for the party's below-expectation performance in the state, but said the ... Read more...
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Trinidad and Tobago’s Indian-origin PM survives no-trust vote
March 5th, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, March 5 (IANS) For the first time in its 50-year history, the Trinidad and Tobago parliament sat for a marathon 27 and a half hours non-stop in ... Read more...
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